Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
99.21.024 AB
Accession#:
99.21
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Briefcase
Title:
Leather Briefcase
Date:
1950
Description:
Expanding envelope style leather briefcase. Hinged opening. Leather handle attached with brass fittings. Locking brass hasp with (B) steel key. 6 brass cap feet (1 missing). Exterior leather dark brown, textured on flat surfaces and smooth leather around sides and bottom. Assemble with straight stitched cotton thread. Interior unlined. 3 dividers of light weight leather(?) board w/ top edge bound in vinyl binding. Cream color cloth tag with dark brown writing sewn into seam gives manufacturer information.
Inscription: Cloth tag sewn inside bag: "TOP GRAIN COWHIDE / BRIEF BAG BY REXBILT / U.S. PATENT NOS. 2039913 1994235 / OTHERS PENDING U.S.A."
On brass hasp: "PAT. PEND"
On key "PRESTO / LOCK CORP / GARFIELD N.Y. / U.S.A."
Notes:
Briefcase used by Thomas S. Parke when working for Fisheries Taxation for Territory of Alaska during 1950s.
Patent numbers date manufacture of bag at approximately 1935.
Search Terms:
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Fisheries
Government
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